Spyderco bow river exclusive has hit

[Yo Mama]

They are now out there and available, pretty sure they will be out of stock pretty quick. Budget friendly green and black g10, screwed construction now, and back oxidized blade designed by Phil Wilson, take my money!

 

[OrangeBlueOrangeBlue]

Coated blade seems like an odd choice given the intended use.

 

[spoonrobot]

Resist the Chinese takeover of the production knife industry.

 

[Hal]

Resist the Chinese takeover of the production knife industry.

Something I just found out today makes this super easy for me.
A rescue group in the city next to where I live has just rescued 6 Golden Retrievers.
They brought them here from China.
They had been destined for the Chinese dog meat industry.

I can't support a country that uses dogs for food.
Spyderco, Schrade, Kershaw & any other company that sources knives from China are now off my list of companies I will buy from - regardless of how many other products they might make that aren't made in China.

 

[powernoodle]

The more China depends on us financially, including their ownership of $1T in U.S. Treasury bills, the less likely they are to nuke us.

That's not a joke.

I say buy all you can from China, which has the added benefit of screwing American unions.

 

[Quiet]

Oh boy, here we go again.

 

[Rusty_shackelford]

Complete thread derailment in 17mins.

Might as well close this one down OP.

 

[abcdef]

In.

 

[skyhorse]

The more China depends on us financially, including their ownership of $1T in U.S. Treasury bills, the less likely they are to nuke us.

That's not a joke.

I say buy all you can from China, which has the added benefit of screwing American unions.

Thanks , maybe not a joke but made laugh anyway.

 

[Yo Mama]

Coated blade seems like an odd choice given the intended use.

I went with the coated as its made from 8Cr13MoV, I just wanted to avoid corrosion.

 

[3fifty7]

Something I just found out today makes this super easy for me.
A rescue group in the city next to where I live has just rescued 6 Golden Retrievers.
They brought them here from China.
They had been destined for the Chinese dog meat industry.

I can't support a country that uses dogs for food.
Spyderco, Schrade, Kershaw & any other company that sources knives from China are now off my list of companies I will buy from - regardless of how many other products they might make that aren't made in China.

As you type this on your computer/laptop/smartphone that uses material sourced by child labor from guess where ...
Or does this high horse stance only apply to dogs and knives ?

 

[Yo Mama]

To the China naysayers, this is Spyderco, an American company, good people, they've been around for a while ya know.

 

[Twindog]

To the China naysayers, this is Spyderco, an American company, good people, they've been around for a while ya know.

The beauty of the Phil Wilson Bow River is in the high-performance steel and high-end heat treat that allows for a super thin, high-hardness, high-performance edge. My Phil Wilson's have edge widths of about 0.007 inches.

Taking a knife like that and substituting a cheap Chinese steel -- about like Aus 8, but not as good -- painting on a cheap blade coating, grinding in a thick edge, adding screw-on scales so people can change them and then having the work done in China certainly makes the knife cheaper. But it's not the same knife.

I don't know what Phil Wilson would allow his signature on the knife. Spyderco may be good people, but this isn't a good knife and it's not a good direction for the industry.

 

[skyhorse]

It looks like they sold out and already being flipped on the bay.

 

[craytab]

I almost pulled the trigger but decided I didn't need yet another knife. Looks great though and I'm glad spyderco is doing these.

 

[stonproject]

Something I just found out today makes this super easy for me.
A rescue group in the city next to where I live has just rescued 6 Golden Retrievers.
They brought them here from China.
They had been destined for the Chinese dog meat industry.

I can't support a country that uses dogs for food.
Spyderco, Schrade, Kershaw & any other company that sources knives from China are now off my list of companies I will buy from - regardless of how many other products they might make that aren't made in China.

Where do you get your USA made computers, phones, and television?

 

[skyhorse]

I bet the topomart version of this knife will be available soon for half the price.

 

[Yo Mama]

I bet the topomart version of this knife will be available soon for half the price.

Bwahahahaha!

 

[Yo Mama]

It looks like they sold out and already being flipped on the bay.

I hope they cut themselves with a knife they don't even have in their hands yet, and marking it up 20 percent.

 

[Yo Mama]

The beauty of the Phil Wilson Bow River is in the high-performance steel and high-end heat treat that allows for a super thin, high-hardness, high-performance edge. My Phil Wilson's have edge widths of about 0.007 inches.

Taking a knife like that and substituting a cheap Chinese steel -- about like Aus 8, but not as good -- painting on a cheap blade coating, grinding in a thick edge, adding screw-on scales so people can change them and then having the work done in China certainly makes the knife cheaper. But it's not the same knife.

I don't know what Phil Wilson would allow his signature on the knife. Spyderco may be good people, but this isn't a good knife and it's not a good direction for the industry.

That may all be valid, but I think they are for different users. I don't need to have a competition slicer, although I appreciate your view on how well made the original is. They won't ever be equal but the price is not equal either. I personally was just craving a budget Spyderco, as so many of their releases over the last years have been to rich for me.

I wanted to see what all the fuss is about, this model seems to go as fast as dealers can stock them, there has to be something good about them. I wanted a steak knife, and a feather stick maker, something lite to hike with.